The best #hike on #Maui
The best hike on Maui is the Pipiwai trail to Waimoku Falls in Haleakala National Park, on the coast of Hana. Maui has a lot of great hikes, but having done many of them, including hiking the Crater itself, I've decided this trail has everything, including a spot for...Cement block decorating in #Hawaii
Cement block. There's a lot of it decorating Hawaii. “I've never seen so much cement block in my life,” I said, looking at the barren red dirt of a former pineapple field, held in check by several tiered walls of untreated, unpainted, unpretty cinderblock,...Following dreams, doing your purpose
Following dreams and doing your purpose while living in the shadow of mortality makes life so sweet. We had a rough year in 2011. My husband’s health was in crisis, and the whole year we were in “survival mode”—me working three jobs to keep the boat afloat, Mike doing...Top Twenty Regrets from the Teen Years
I’m working on a new book: a YA mystery. In the course of getting back into the head of my angst-ridden sixteen-year old character, I asked a question on my Facebook page: “What is one mistake you made as a teen that you regret?” Here are the top twenty regrets from...#Creativity breaks through when a master lends a hand
I have a theory that different kinds of uses of the brain stimulate it, and that helps overall creativity and problem-solving. I’ve been putting that theory to the test this year by working on my painting alongside my writing. Until today, it’s been nothing but a...Follow me and receive an email
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